Progress against the field
From London 2023 to Cardiff 2026, the field gained 6:02 on Dan Purchase.
The clock says 10:29 faster, but the races themselves got 16:31 quicker for everyone.
251 days between Copenhagen 2024 and London 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:13 behind the field.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
11 races · 11 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:28 PB174/528Beat 67%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:21 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:58 PB58/332Beat 83%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:4963/177Beat 64%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 1:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete2:25 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:14221/529Beat 58%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 2:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:05 slower for everyone: 2:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete3:11 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:03350/955Beat 63%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:15 better than the field: 5:04 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:07686/1600Beat 57%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 3:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 behind the field: 1:01 slower on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete1:01 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:06302/639Beat 53%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:30 faster for everyone, so 0:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete0:09 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:15769/1588Beat 52%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 1:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 better than the field: 5:21 faster on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete5:21 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:36398/688Beat 42%
↑ 251 days after Copenhagen 2024 5:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:13 behind the field: 7:22 slower on the clock, against 2:09 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 slower This athlete7:22 slower -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:14338/686Beat 51%
↑ 118 days after London 2023 3:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:06 better than the field: 7:43 faster on the clock, against 4:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:37 faster This athlete7:43 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:571056/1865Beat 43%